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No. 12: Dallas Cowboys - LB Micah Parsons
Grade: A-
Parsons is a different cat. He's a 6-foot-3, 240-pound off-ball linebacker by trade -- mostly -- who was thrust into a role as edge-rusher in the first month of his NFL career, and he's played beyond his years as a pass rusher.
That is not to say Parsons didn't show edge-rushing capabilities at Penn State. He did. But I wasn't of the belief he could flourish in a predominant outside pass rusher role in his rookie season. There have been the normal rangy sideline-to-sideline tackles we all want to see in linebackers. There's so much juice to his game, which is quite amazing given his thick frame.
Parsons has a ways to go learning the nuances of coverage, and he hasn't quite shed blocks as effortlessly as he did in the Big 10 -- imagine that -- but the Cowboys should be happy with their first-round pick at this juncture.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-nfl-draft-at-the-midway-point-of-the-season/
Grade: A-
Parsons is a different cat. He's a 6-foot-3, 240-pound off-ball linebacker by trade -- mostly -- who was thrust into a role as edge-rusher in the first month of his NFL career, and he's played beyond his years as a pass rusher.
That is not to say Parsons didn't show edge-rushing capabilities at Penn State. He did. But I wasn't of the belief he could flourish in a predominant outside pass rusher role in his rookie season. There have been the normal rangy sideline-to-sideline tackles we all want to see in linebackers. There's so much juice to his game, which is quite amazing given his thick frame.
Parsons has a ways to go learning the nuances of coverage, and he hasn't quite shed blocks as effortlessly as he did in the Big 10 -- imagine that -- but the Cowboys should be happy with their first-round pick at this juncture.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/...-nfl-draft-at-the-midway-point-of-the-season/